Cultivator attachment.



F. A. REESE.

GULTIVATOR ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 38,1909,

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GULTIVATOR ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED sum. 28, 1909.

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FRED A. REESE, 0F PIASA, ILLINOIS.

CULTIVATOR ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED A. REESE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Piasa, in the county of Macoupin and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Cultivator Attachments, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to cultivators, and it has for its object toprovide an attachment to be used in connection with machines of thisclass, said attachment being used as a hoe and also as a regulator.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and convenientattachment which may be applied detach-ably to a beam of a cultivator,said attachment being equipped with a ground engaging foot or runner andwith a hoe adapted to engage the ground adjacent to the plants.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved attaching meansfor the device constituting the invention.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter described which shall possess superior advantages in point ofsimplicity, durability and general efiiciency.

lVith these and other ends in view, which will readily appear as thenature of the improved invention is better understood, the same consistsin the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination ofparts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention; it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theappended claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the applicationof the invention to a cultivator, only a portion of the latter beingshown. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the improved attachmentremoved from the cultivator. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the same. Fig.4 is a side elevation illustrating a. different application of theinvention.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by likecharacters of reference.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 28, 1909.

Serial No. 519,967.

The attachment comprises two bars A and B, the former of which isprovided at its front end with an upturned portion forming a bracket 5.Each of the bars A and B are provided adjacent to their terminal endswith apertures 6 for the passage of fastening or connecting members,such as bolts 7 The bar B may be connected with the bar A adjacent tothe rear or front end of the latter, as shown respectively in Figs. 2and 4 of the drawings, and said bar B is curved in such a manner thatwhen connected to the rear end of the bar A, by one of its terminals, itwill extend in an upward and rearward direction, while when it isconnected with the upturned bracket 5 at the front end of the bar A byits other terminal, it will project in an upward and rearward directionfrom said bracket 5.

When the bars A and B are connected together, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and3 of the drawings, the said bars combine to constitute a beam forsupporting a foot or runner C and a hoe or digging attachment which willbe presently more fully described.

The foot piece or runner C is provided with upwardly extending arms 8,having terminal lugs 9 adapted to lie adjacent to the sides of the bar Anear the front end of the latter fastening members, such as bolts 10being used for the purpose of securing the runner in position. The boltor fastening member 7, which serves to connect the bars A and Btogether, also serve for the attachment of a suitable earth engagingtool or implement which comprises the following instrumentalities, viz:a pointed blade or picker, 10 the function of which is to engage suchstalks and other trash as may be encountered, and to guide the same toone side removing it from the vicinity of the growing plants, agage-blade 11, which extends rearwardly from the lower edge of thetrash-picker, supporting the latter and riding upon the surface of thesoil, a scraper 12 which is pivoted upon one ofthe bolts 7 and isprovided with an arcuate slot 14 engaging the other bolt 7, thusenabling said scraper to be adjusted to various positions, for thepurpose of drawing the loose dirt toward the growing plants; and afender 13 to protect the plants; and a clamping plate, 12 It is to beunderstood that other earth engaging blades or implements of any de-Patented Oct. 18, 1910.

sired construction may be carried by the beam composed of bars A and B,and that no limitation is made to the particular form of the bladesherein described and illustrated.

For the purpose of connecting the attachment, illustrated in Fig. 2,with a cultivator of conventional construction, I avail myself of asupporting device which includes a stirrup 15 provided adjacent to itsupper end with forwardly extending lugs 16, said stirrup being pivotallysecured adjacent to the arch 17 of the cultivator axle by means of boltsor fastening members passing through the upper extremity of the stirrupand through a clip plate 18 having a rearwardly extending lug 19, uponwhich cultivator beams 20 are pivoted in a convenient manner, saidcultivator being thus connected with the axle for universal movement.The stirrup 15 serves to support a leaf spring 21, one end of which ispermanently attached adjacent to the upper end of the stirrup slot 22,said spring being curved in a rearward, downward and forward direction,its free end being supported adjacent to the lower end of the stirrupslot. Firmly secured upon the free end of the spring is a link 23 havinga vertically bifurcated front end which straddles the bracket 5 of thebeam A upon which it is secured by a fastening member, such as a bolt24. A collar or clip 25 of suitable construction serves to connect therear end of the bar B with standard 26 of the inner cultivator beam 20.It is obviously intended to connect an attaclnnent of the characterdescribed with each cultivator gang. The upper extremity of the bracket5 is connected by a link 27, or other suitable connecting means with oneend of the lever D, which is suitably fulcrumed upon the cultivatorframe, and which is equipped with a handle 28 whereby it may be adjustedto elevate the front end of the attachment against the tension of thespring 21; the lever D may be secured to various adjustments by means ofa ratchet bar 29.

In the operation of the device thus far described, the runner Cconstitutes a regulator whereby the forward end of the bar A will besupported. The gage blade 11 rides over the ground and supports thepicker 10 the scraper 12 and the fender 13, and the cultivator isregulated in the customary manner by means of handles, one of whichappears at 30, in Fig. 1.

To disengage the device from contact with the soil, the lever D isutilized to elevate the forward end of the bar A, the rear end of thebar B being lifted with the cultivator beam with which it is connected.

WVhen it is desired to use the regulator only in connection with thecultivator, the bar B is reversed and is then connected with A, and theupper extremity of the bar B is the upper end of the bracket 5 at theforward end of the bar E, as shown in Fig. t; the bracket 5 is nowconnected with the forwardly extending lugs 16 of the stirrup 15, thespring 21 and links 23 having been previously removed to enable the barA to be fitted in the slot 22 of the stirrup.

The foot piece or runner C is shifted to a position adjacent to the rearend of the bar connected with the cultivator beam by a flexible element,such as a chain 81. Under this arrangement it will be readily seen thatthe foot piece or runner C, which is disposed a short distance inadvance of the cultivator blade or shovel 32, will serve to regulate thedepth to which the shovel may enter into the ground without interferingwith the lateral movement of the cultivator beam. Should an obstruction,be encountered the g5 runner will ride over such obstruction, and in sodoing the rearward end of the bar A will be tilted upwardly, thusthrowing the upper extremity of the barB in an outward and forwarddirection, transmitting an upward movement to the cultivator beamthrough the chain 31, thus lifting the blade or shovel 32 out of the wayof the obstruction and avoiding injury to the implement.

From the foregoing description taken in 95 connection with the drawingshereto, the operation and advantages of this invention will be readilyseen. The improved attachment is simple in construction, inexpensive,and it may be readily attached and used in connection with anycultivator of conventional construction for a variety of purposes asherein described.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. A cultivator attachment consisting of two separably connected and endfor end i11- terchangeable bars, and means for connecting the samedetachably with a cultivator.

2. A cultivator attachment comprising 110 two separably connected andend for end interchangeable bars, an earth engaging implement carried atthe junction of said bars, and means for connecting the same detachablywith a cultivator.

3. A cultivator attachment comprising two separably connected bars, anearth engaging implement supported at the junction of said bars, meansfor resiliently supporting the forward end of one bar, and means 120 fordetachably connecting the rear end of the other bar with a cultivatorstandard.

at. A cultivator attachment comprising two separably connected and endfor end interchangeable bars, an earth engaging 125 shoe detachablyconnected with one of said bars, and means for connecting the attachmentwith a cultivator. I

5. A cultivator attachment comprising two separably connected bars, anearth en- 130 gaging implement supported at the junction of the bars, ashoe carried by one of the bars, and means for connecting the attachmentwith a cultivator.

6. A cultivator attachment comprising two separably connected bars, anearth engaging implement supported at the junction of the bars, an earthengaging shoe supported by one of the bars, resilient supporting meansfor the free end of one bar, and detachable supporting means for thefree end of the other bar.

7. A device of the character described including two separably connectedbars, a shoe carried by one of the bars, a stirrup, supporting means forsaid stirrup, and means for connecting the stirrup with the shoecarrying bar.

8. A device of the character described including two separably connectedbars, one of said bars being provided with an upwardly extending bracketat the forward end, a shoe carried by one of the bars, an earth engagingimplement supported at the junction of the two bars, a stirrup, a leafspring fitted in said stirrup, means connecting the free end of thespring with the upwardly extending bracket, and means for detachablysupporting the rear end of the rearwardly extending bar.

9. A device of the character described comprising two separablyconnected bars, an earth engaging implement supported at the junction ofthe two bars, a shoe carried by one of the bars, means for resilientlysupporting the forward end of the front bar to yieldingly resist theupward movement of the same, means for detachably supporting the rearend of the rear bar, and means for attaching and securing at variousadjustments the forward end of the front bar against the tension of theresilient means.

10. A device of the character described comprising two separablyconnected bars and an earth engaging implement supported at the junctionof said bars and including a traslrpicker, a gage-blade, a scraper and afender.

11. A device of the character described comprising two separablyconnected bars, an earth engaging implement supported at the junction ofsaid bars and including a trash-picker, a gage blade, a scraper, and afender, and a runner supported in advance of said earth engagingimplement.

12. The combination with a cultivator, of a compound bar supported inapproximately parallel relation to the cultivator beam, and a runner andan earth engaging implement upon said compound bar in advance of thecultivator foot, said implement including a trash picker, a gage blade,a scraper and a fender.

13. The combination with a cultivator of a runner and an earth engagingimplement supported in advance of the cultivator foot, said earthengaging implement including a gage plate.

14. The combination with a cultivator of a runner and an earth engagingimplement supported in advance of the cultivator foot, said earthengaging implement including a gage plate and a trash picker.

15. The combination with a cultivator of a runner and an earth engagingimplement supported in advance of the cultivator foot, said earthengaging implement including a gage plate and an adjust-ably supportedFRED A. REESE.

Vitnesses H. L. CLownR, GEO. H. CLARK.

